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In Theaters This Weekend: Reviews of 'The Words,' 'Bachelorette' and More

What THR's critics say about the movies opening this week.

Bradley Cooper learns a lesson about the perils of plagiarism in The Words.

The actor plays a celebrated writer who published an anonymous author's work as his own, and discovers the price he must pay. Also starring Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid and Olivia Wilde,the drama fromwriter-directorsBrian Klugman and Lee Sternthal is one of several films hitting theaters this weekend.

Meanwhile, the comedy Bachelorette directed by Leslye Headland stars Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan and Rebel Wilson. The film follows three friends who are asked to be bridesmaids at the wedding of a woman they didn't like back in high school.

Bachelorette
Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan and Rebel Wilson star in this acid-dipped comedy, which seems inevitably fated to be weighed against "Bridesmaids," giving it both a marketing hook and a hurdle to overcome. Read David Rooney's review here.

Girl Model (opened Wednesday)
Between Siberia and Tokyo, scouts and agencies scouring the Russian countryside to find fresh faces for new girl models for the hungry Japanese market in this revealing doc by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin. Read David Rooney's review here.

Hello I Must Be GoingMelanie Lynskey stars as a thirtysomething who has a life crisis and ends up living with her parents, without a husband, children, career or prospects. Read Todd McCarthy's review here.

Keep the Lights On
Drawing on painful personal experience, director Ira Sachs charts the highs and lows of a decade-long love story between two gay men torn by addiction. Read David Rooney's review here.

[REC]3: Genesis
The mysterious prequel in the Genesis series provides a new outlook on the zombie franchise. Read John DeFore's review here.